Searching for the origins of arable weeds in the Near East
Searching for the origins of arable weeds in the Near East
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寻找近东耕地杂草的起源
DOI:
10.1007/s00334-011-0307-1
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
G. Willcox
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作者:
G. Willcox
This short note adds to earlier attempts at identifying arable weeds on late Pleistocene/early Holocene sites in the Near East. Nineteen potential arable weed taxa that have no known use were selected. The occurrence of these taxa at sites with morphologically wild cereals was compared to sites with morphologically domestic cereals. The presumed arable weed taxa were as common on three PPNA (Pre Pottery Neolithic A) sites without domestication as they were on Middle PPNB (Pre Pottery Neolithic B) sites with domestication, which lends support to arguments for pre-domestic cultivation at the former sites. Arable weed taxa were less common at Natufian sites but their presence raises the question of whether they originated in cultivated fields or were the ancestors of weeds gathered accidentally alongside wild cereals in their natural habitat.